Abjection Quote by Christopher Hitchens
“Endless praise and adoration, limitless abnegation and abjection of self; a celestial North Korea.”
About This Quote
Source Essay: “God Is Not Great” by Christopher Hitchens, 2007
The quote satates that worship and self‑denial can become oppressive, likening extreme devotion to a totalitarian regime.
In simple terms: Blind devotion can become tyrannical.
Key Takeaway
Question and limit uncritical devotion.
Themes
power
control
identity
religion
politics
Mood
critical
skeptical
provocative
Type
analytical
controversial
When to use this quote
- political activism
- religious communities
- personal boundaries
- media criticism
Key Concepts
authoritarianism
self‑sacrifice
cult dynamics
Questions to Reflect On
- When does devotion become oppression?
- How can individuals retain agency?
A Different Perspective
It may overgeneralize diverse spiritual practices.
![“It's [Los Angeles] mostly full of nonsense and delusion and egomania. They think they'll be young and beautiful forever, even though most of them aren't even young and beautiful now.” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a86/christopher-hitchens-117_beautiful_it-s-los-angeles-mostly-full-of-nonsense_10462.jpg)
![“[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from wrong, we would not know an evil, wicked act from a decent human act without divine permission, without divine authority or without, even worse, either the fear of a…” quote by Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ab6/christopher-hitchens-117_action_religion-attacks-us-in-our-deepest-integ_23299.jpg)
